Sadly, this is what I follow, too. I consider myself an expert but I don't feel comfortably secure in determining the source of an email fast enough to make it worth clicking on a link that came by mail rather than to hop over to the browser and open the service manually.

after I talked with my sister, we figured out the way how he could do it. the link in the phising email is the link that disable the login guard and sending the pw to the address at the same time. so he can log in the website easily. so this means that we have a bug in localbitcoins security sistem that the hackers used it to attempt. so watch out guys, dont make the day like me ...turn on the 2 authentication factor and never click any link even if it is sent from localbitcoins. if u see the link that ask u for username a pw, turn it off immediately, thanks .

They say due to regulatory reasons so basically some people who are supported by men with guns want their cut and if they don't get it then they scare localbc away...

as a german citizen I'd be really interested those 'issues'.

I don't see how it's different from what bitcoin.de does (mediate deals between private individuals).

Wether the individuals would have to register with the bafin (banking regulator) or have to pay taxes and which ones is up to those individuals in my view.

Oooooh but it is.At least according to BaFin.

With bitcoin.de, every user is only a participant on a market (which is bitcoin.de) with regulated money flow (via SEPA).On Localbitcoins, every user is their own market with unregulate money flow (cash).

They say due to regulatory reasons so basically some people who are supported by men with guns want their cut and if they don't get it then they scare localbc away...

as a german citizen I'd be really interested those 'issues'.

I don't see how it's different from what bitcoin.de does (mediate deals between private individuals).

Wether the individuals would have to register with the bafin (banking regulator) or have to pay taxes and which ones is up to those individuals in my view.

Oooooh but it is.At least according to BaFin.

With bitcoin.de, every user is only a participant on a market (which is bitcoin.de) with regulated money flow (via SEPA).On Localbitcoins, every user is their own market with unregulate money flow (cash).

I remember withdrawals from LocalBitcoins being pretty instantaneous. If they were batching them (combining multiple withdrawals together) then it would not be instantaneous (e.g., maybe one trx every 5 minutes).